Automobile-lock.



E'iD-IER 0. BQBSVELL, OF HELADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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eliarafrrler faul' einapae, adapted whereby lion io a uioirmideil with eel le a suitable Lzahle portion Of lle. dana board ils oi: eonsruetioa and elements hereinai'ter se gneeiiieally rlefiignzded by re lgerrine' irai ii in enlarged rnd rien' o' aened May 14, 1918. semi No. 130,265.

being broken away to show lails of construction.

Fig. l, an end View of the clamp showing it. in an open position.

Fig;` 5, is an inner face view' of the lock .supporting member removed from the clamp. v

Fig. (3, is ar side elevation loe( removed, and

Fig. T, a fragmentary perspective View of he clamp showing the .lock bolt holding hey therein.

.in earifi'ing out, my invention as here, embodied, 2 represents an automobile 0r other self-propelled vehicle provided with avsteering gear including steering post 3, the outer eaeing or sleeve l, and the Steering wheel About the easing 4 at some convenient point intel-mediale iths lei'igth is placed the clamp U consisting of two membershinged together, and these members will be termed l-he slationary member 'i'v xarrying a lug 8, and ihe. hinged member 9, said members being provideifl with eoaeing hinge leaves l() which overlap one another and have a pinle l1 passing therethrough. The lug 8 is piol'ed at its outer -enfl to a braeket 12 of any Suitable eonstruetimi by means of he .hr-Med pin lil, said hraehel being fastened lo some suitable, portion of the automobile aes the dashboard thereof. Each of the clamp member@` is provided at their free meeting edge@v or at the side opposite the hinge with a semiereular lug 1l` eaeh provided on iis areuale surface will) thr ads 155 se 'that when the. elamp member@4 are closed, a eomplele circular lag is produced having exlernal peripheral ihrads as will be obvious, and through these lugs is formed 'a bell; channel ll :uhzpled to aline with a bolt opening 17 in ihr steering post :asing l, and also with a bolt notch 1S formed in the sieri-ing;- posl B when Said steering post is at reni. or in a position fobe locked.

'The reerem-e numeral li) designates the hiel( supporiing member consisting of the body 2O having a flange 21 provided with inferi al threads and a lock housing having' a leek opening or chamber 2l 'krom which runs a bolt opening through the, body of the lock supporting member, which one; ne is adapted to aline with the channel 16 when said leek supporting member is properly positioned.

The leek supporting member is screwed en. to the threaded lugs 14 of the clamp the interior dethereof with thev lumi' @om o' ugo bloioi'i'od on to the lug formed iss noun ii of the twol semi-Ciloular of any 'oioi ai i, imi@ the paris are in poizoi use. By moving the Stooiiiig to ho piodeerminor posi'iion so that i'ioch 78 therein alims Wih the. lock ioii the. combination lock is actuated ordinary manner, and the look boit uw@ from f iiiied poisons, can actualise the look d iiimfy manner and agus@ the iook Wiiidiawn from the notch 18 in l r post zit which time ho Soeriig .e operated, and when the look n withdmwn, the key 353 is zml until the body hereof lies pziii o. travel of the lock boli, iiovii: the acoidenz iiioveu'ien caused by jarring of ibiza due to shocks received from obstuo die roadway. ik@ foregoing, it Wii oe seen that u simpo automobiio looft proi/idec nich may o i'eadiiy and quickly zippied leiemifv constructed auomobies, s 1 tion of the swaying gear 's i He @ming the .steering operations and me combination of iocks of the ohaoctei desofibefi'oan be ciiang'od, a diffoieni; n.oiii'iioii om. be provided each time tte omobiie changes hands or whom it beiiooosoaiy to employ a differ-@n o iiii'ieui, so that 'the p'evious ohzui'ieui will be nimble fo operate ih@ auoiiiobio siiouf `I iro o do so atei leaving die e ploy im' mg zo; the ifi-ee moeiug edgfs of oooh iiieiiib h `ing riii'eads on its ai'uato poi'- 7 Homberg having cimiiiiois thoin,

" tha hoi@ iii-tho missing.

neoogee iireaded engngeinen with ine eel im lugs foriioidiog the oiziiop dosed., and' eoinbiniiiion loci; nrried by' 'the iock sup pori, 'die boit of Said iock registering with 'ine channels, the hole in the easing and the noieh in ihe steering joost 'for looking' imiter.

2. In eoxnbimi'ion5 u rehieie having i .steering post prmfidod with n notch, a eizung .lock Support surrounding ibo semi-Circuler lugs .for holding the chimp closed and n lock carried by *die lock Support, *die boit oi' Said ioek registering with die chaume-is and the noten in the steering post for looking tho latter.

3. In combination, :i vehicle having ii- :seering post provided with u notche a chimp .coinprieii'ig two hinged inemiieis, a semi-circular ing at 1die free meeting edge of each member, seid members having channels iierein in ine region of the semi-crcuier ings. seid Channels eiining with he notehv in the steering post and a pivoting lug projeeting from one o1? said members, a, oraoket carried the veiiioie io which 1the clamp is pivoiod by ineens of the lest named ing, a look snppoii surrounding 'die senil-circular ings 'for holding "die Clamp .in e dosed position, Said look support haring :i bolt opening therein communicating with the Channels in the damp members, :i lock carried by the look support, said look being provided with e look boitadepted io register with the boit opening in he look Support, the channels in the Clamp members :ind thel notch in the steering poet for looking the latter and a .key siidniuiy mounted in the clamp 'and adapted to iie across the path of travel of the iook boit when the laitier is Withdrawn from the. notoii in the steering post.

in testimony whereof, have hereunto :iiixed my signature.

FLETCHER o.. BoeWELL. 

